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BALE TIE. No. 372,375. Patented Nov.. 1, 1887.

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IRVING A. KILMER, OF SOHENEGTADY, NEXV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE KILMER MANUFACTURING 00., OF SAME PLACE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIEICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,375, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed June 22, 1887.

T aZZ whom it may conca n:

Be it known that I, IRVING A. KILMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tics; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents the device ready for use; Fig. 2, after the expanding bale has drawn the band tight.

This invention is an improvement upon United States Patent No. 282,991. In this patent the band has a clasp made of wire much larger than that of which the band is made. This clasp has an angle in which the loose end of the wire of the band is caught and bound when the bale expands. In this patented device the ends of the clasp are close together where the clasp is secured to the band, and hence, when the bale expands, the clasp maintains its normal position.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A indicates the wire or band,provided with the loop a, on the bar a of which the clasp B is so cured. This is substantially a V-shaped piece of much larger wire than the band A. The

ends b of the clasp B surround the bar a, and

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are spread some distance apart, as at b, and not in contact, as in the patent referred to. The sides If of the clasp are substantially parallel. The portions 1) of the clasp converge at I)", forming the angle b In use, after the bale is compressed, the hand is placed about it, and the end a is inserted into the angle 1) and twisted about itself. The bale, being released, expands, tightening on the band. This causes the sides I) to come toward each other until the ends I) contact, as shown in Fig. 2. The result is that the wire .A is not simply held in the angle by being pulled therein, as shown in the patent referred to, but there is a positive action of the clasp, so that the wire is not only pulled into the angle, but also the clasp is jammed against the wire, thus forming a double security against the wire being pulled out.

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2. The band A, having the clasp B, with i E. No'r'r ScirEuMERnonN.

1. The band A, having the clasp B, the ends L 

